Murder suspect Teerapol Pin-amorn is made to re-enact the alleged murders in the Uttaradit Police Office’s backyard on Wednesday. Police chose not to use the actual crime scenes out of fear for the suspect’s safety.

OTHER THAN facing serious charges in the highly-publicised murder spree in which he allegedly killed five members of his family on Sunday, 37-year-old Ranong resident Teerapol Pin-amorn will also be hit by fraud charges.

The suspect is wanted for allegedly murdering his wife and in-laws in Uttardit’s Pichai district, as well as for allegedly duping a Catholic priest in Chon Buri of close to Bt30 million.

The fraud charge stems from a January 4 complaint filed at Chon Buri’s Sri Racha Police Station by Joseph Chaiyo, 66, who was allegedly duped by Teerapol in 2014, Sri Racha precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Reungsak Buadaeng said. The priest claimed that Teerapol had presented a 10-rai (1.6-hectare) Phuket land title deed, which he claimed to have sold for Bt35 million to another person.